A psychologist has come up with a mathematical formula to determine the most feel good song of all time.
Dr Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, a psychology lecturer at Goldsmiths College, devised the formula and came up with the Boo Radleys.
Their track ‘Wake Up Boo’ beat off ‘Good Vibrations’ by the Beach Boys and the Jackson 5’s ‘I Want You Back’ to take the crown.
The formula is:
P + Pos + T + BPM + I S (where P Pitch, Pos the % of positive lyrics, T Tonality, BPM Beats per Minute, I Images/Memories associated with the music, S Serotonin level.)
Chamorro-Premuzic said: "Film composers use music to intensify the mood of a scene to affect the viewer's emotions and there is a formula to this."
The top ten according to the formula was:
1 Boo Radleys - Wake Up Boo!
2 Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
3 Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
4 Beatles - Here Comes The Sun
5 Madonna - Holiday
6 Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
7 The Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup
8 Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Starting Something
9 John Paul Young - Love Is In The Air
10 The Darkness - I Believe In A Thing Called Love
